to hang fire: (of a firearm) to be slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge; (hence) figurative to hesitate or be slow in acting.
| 单词 | θ164601 |
| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > of gun: go off or fire > slowly (1) to hang fire1782 to hang fire: (of a firearm) to be slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge; (hence) figurative to hesitate or be slow in acting. |
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